A Hospital Admission System Based on Nursing Work Load
- 1 October 1972
- journal article
- Published by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in Management Science
- Vol. 19 (2) , 132-138
- https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.19.2.132
Abstract
A model is presented to compare hospital admission systems based on (i) patient census and (ii) nursing work load. It is shown that nursing costs are lower under the work load-based system than under the patient-based one. Sensitivity studies show that the difference between the two systems is due to the fact that the work load-based policy takes into account patient differences.Keywords
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